Shal no deuel at his ded-dayL.7.52: LCGR alone read ded-; most other B manuscripts have deeþ. The same variants appear in L.7.127. · deren hym a myte

L.7.53KD.7.52

Þat he ne worth sauf and his sowle · þe sauter bereth witnesse

L.7.54KD.7.52α

Domine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo &c ·

L.7.55KD.7.53

¶ Ac to bugge water ne wynde · ne witte ne fyre þe fierthe

L.7.56KD.7.54

Þise foure þe fader of heuene · made to þis folde in comune

L.7.57KD.7.55

Þise ben treuthes tresores · trewe folke to helpe

L.7.58KD.7.56

Þat neuere shal wax ne wanye · with-oute god hym-selue

L.7.59KD.7.57

¶ Whan þei drawen on to deyeL.7.59: LW alone read to deye; most other B manuscripts have to þe deþ. The confusion of <þ> and <y> in both L and W is probably coincidental, since both were copied well outside the regions in
which the graphs are confused. See Michael Benskin, "The letters <þ> and <y> in later Middle English, and some related matters,"
Journal of the Society of Archivists 7 (1982-1985): 13-30. · and Indulgences wolde haue

L.7.60KD.7.58

Her pardoun is ful petit · at her partyng hennes

L.7.61KD.7.59

Þat any Mede of mene men for her motyng taketh

L.7.62KD.7.60

Ȝe legistres and lawyeres · holdeth þis for treuthe

L.7.63KD.7.60

Þat ȝif þat I lye · Mathew is to blame

L.7.64KD.7.60.1

For he bad me make ȝow þis · and þis prou....erbe me tolde

L.7.65KD.7.60α

Quodcumque vultis vt faciant vobis homines · facite eis

L.7.66KD.7.61

¶ Alle lybbyng laboreres · þat lyuen with her hondes

L.7.67KD.7.62

Þat trewlich taken · and trewlich wynnen

L.7.68KD.7.63

And lyuen in loue and in lawe · for her lowe hertis

L.7.69KD.7.64

Haueth þe same absolucioun · þat sent was to peres

L.7.70KD.7.65

¶ Beggeres ne bidderes · ne beth nouȝte in þe bulle

L.7.71KD.7.66

But if þe suggestioun be soth · þat shapeth hem to begge

L.7.72KD.7.67

For he þat beggeth or bit · but if he haue nede

L.7.73KD.7.68

He is fals with þe fende · and defraudeth þe nedy

L.7.74KD.7.69

And also he bigileth þe gyuer ageines his wil

L.7.75KD.7.70

For if he wist he were nouȝte nedy · he wolde ȝiue þat an other

L.7.76KD.7.71

Þat were more nedy þan he · so þe nediest shuld be hulpe

L.7.77KD.7.72

Catoun kenneth men þus · and þe clerke of þeL.7.77: LMRF alone have þe before stories; all other B manuscripts omit it. stories

L.7.78KD.7.73

Cui des videto · is catounes techyng

L.7.79KD.7.74

And in þe stories he techeth · to bistowe þyn almes

X

L.7.80KD.7.75

Sit elemosinaL.7.80: An added <X> in the left margin is partially scraped. The omitted tua after elemosina was never added; note that it is absent from alpha and M as well. in manu tua donec studes cui des

In hym þat taketh is þe treccherye · if any tresoun walkeL.7.86: Skeat and Kane-Donaldson read wawe, which is possible, but the upright character of the <l> suggests that walke is the intended reading.